| 短语 | back out |
| 释义 | back out to decide not to do something that you had promised to do变卦，打退堂鼓; 食言:•It's too late to back out now.现在反悔已经太晚了。•After you've signed the contract, it will be impossible to back out.签好合同之后你就不可以变卦了。[+ of ]•The government is trying to back out of its commitment to reduce pollution.政府曾承诺减少污染，现在想变卦了。 back out withdraw from a commitment 退出： if he backs out of the deal they'll sue him. 如果他退出这笔交易, 他们就会起诉他。 back out1. withdraw from an agreement or contract 撤回协议或契约；退出 * If you back out from the contract, you will have to pay a large sum of money to the company. 如果你违背协议，就得向公司支付一大笔钱。 * She backed out of her engagement. 她不履行婚约。2. fail to fulfil sth. such as a promise or obligation 食言；收回承担的责任 * He agreed to lend me the money, but backed out later. 他答应借钱给我的，可是后来变卦了。 * At the last minute, John backed out and refused to go with us. 最后一分钟时，约翰变卦了，不同意和我们一起去。 * He backed out because there was not much profit in this undertaking. 由于这项事业效益不大，他中途退出了。back out食言;打退堂鼓：They found that they had made a bad bargain，but they still fulfilled their promise and never backed it out.他们发现在交易中吃了亏，但仍然履行他们的诺言，绝不食言。 |
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